The case against "Right to work" laws. A joint publication of the Legislative Dept., Legal Dept. [and] Education and Research Dept. [of the] Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Mode of access: Internet.

Building a union of textile workers; report of two years progress to the convention of the United Textile Workers of America and the Textile Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, Philadelphia, Pa., May 15-19, 1939.

Mode of access: Internet.

National Labor Relations Board petitioner v. National Maritime Union of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and Joseph Curran, Jack Lawrenson, Josh Lawrence, Chester Young, Harold McCormick, Michael McBride, and Charles Monroe, respondents; on petition for enforcement of an order of the National Labor Relations Board; brief for the National Labor Relations Board.

Cover title.

Official reports on the expulsion of communist dominated organizations from the CIO.

Mode of access: Internet.

Merchant marine policies, practices, and problems of labor, management and government : statement of CIO Maritime Committee before Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee House of Representative, United States Congress, presented by Joseph Curran, July 13, 1955.

Mode of access: Internet.

Fair labor standards fact sheets in support of proposed amendments to the Fair labor standards act in the eighty-fourth Congress.

Solomon Barkin, Chairman.

Report of proceedings of the ... annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor.

The 7th-8th reports, 1887-1888, are numbered 2nd-3rd (counting from the organization of the federation as the American Federation of Labor, 1886); with the 9th, 1889, the original numbering is resumed.

The state of the merger.

Mode of access: Internet.

A teaching guide for CIO stewards, instructions and suggestions for a 6-session course.

Cover title.

Workmen's compensation /

Bibliography: p. 64-65.

CIO wage stabilization guide.

Mode of access: Internet.

Organized labor and U.S. foreign policy: The Solidarity Center in historical context

During the Cold War the foreign policy of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), was heavily criticized by scholars and activists for following the lead of the U.S. state in its overseas operations. In a wide range of states, the AFL-CIO worked to destabilize governments selected by the U.S. state for regime change, while in others the Federation helped stabilize client regimes of the U.S. state. In 1997 the four regional organizations that previously carried out AFL-CIO foreign policy were consolidated into the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (Solidarity Center). My dissertation is an attempt to analyze whether the foreign policy of the AFL-CIO in the Solidarity Center era is marked by continuity or change with past practices. At the same time, this study will attempt to add to the debate over the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the post-Cold War era, and its implications for future study. Using the qualitative "process-tracing" detailed by of Alexander George and Andrew Bennett (2005) my study examines a wide array of primary and secondary sources, including documents from the NED and AFL-CIO, in order to analyze the relationship between the Solidarity Center and the U.S. state from 2002-2009. Furthermore, after analyzing broad trends of NED grants to the Solidarity Center, this study examines three dissimilar case studies including Venezuela, Haiti, and Iraq and the Middle East and North African (MENA) region to further explore the connections between U.S. foreign policy goals and the Solidarity Center operations. The study concludes that the evidence indicates continuity with past AFL-CIO foreign policy practices whereby the Solidarity Center follows the lead of the U.S. state. It has been found that the patterns of NED funding indicate that the Solidarity Center closely tailors its operations abroad in areas of importance to the U.S. state, that it is heavily reliant on state funding via the NED for its operations, and that the Solidarity Center works closely with U.S. allies and coalitions in these regions. Finally, this study argues for the relevance of "top-down" NGO creation and direction in the post-Cold War era.

Organized Labor and U.S. Foreign Policy: The Solidarity Center in Historical Context

During the Cold War the foreign policy of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), was heavily criticized by scholars and activists for following the lead of the U.S. state in its overseas operations. In a wide range of states, the AFL-CIO worked to destabilize governments selected by the U.S. state for regime change, while in others the Federation helped stabilize client regimes of the U.S. state. In 1997 the four regional organizations that previously carried out AFL-CIO foreign policy were consolidated into the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (Solidarity Center). My dissertation is an attempt to analyze whether the foreign policy of the AFL-CIO in the Solidarity Center era is marked by continuity or change with past practices. At the same time, this study will attempt to add to the debate over the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the post-Cold War era, and its implications for future study. Using the qualitative “process-tracing” detailed by of Alexander George and Andrew Bennett (2005) my study examines a wide array of primary and secondary sources, including documents from the NED and AFL-CIO, in order to analyze the relationship between the Solidarity Center and the U.S. state from 2002-2009. Furthermore, after analyzing broad trends of NED grants to the Solidarity Center, this study examines three dissimilar case studies including Venezuela, Haiti, and Iraq and the Middle East and North African (MENA) region to further explore the connections between U.S. foreign policy goals and the Solidarity Center operations. The study concludes that the evidence indicates continuity with past AFL-CIO foreign policy practices whereby the Solidarity Center follows the lead of the U.S. state. It has been found that the patterns of NED funding indicate that the Solidarity Center closely tailors its operations abroad in areas of importance to the U.S. state, that it is heavily reliant on state funding via the NED for its operations, and that the Solidarity Center works closely with U.S. allies and coalitions in these regions. Finally, this study argues for the relevance of “top-down” NGO creation and direction in the post-Cold War era.

Constitution, Oregon State Industrial Union Council, C.I.O. as amended 1951.

Mode of access: Internet.

Official proceedings of the convention.

Mode of access: Internet.